Security authorities are conducting an investigation into a drive-by shooting in the capital late Sunday in which two Saudi police officers were injured, a police spokesman said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency on Monday.

Emir of Asir Prince Faisal Bin Khaled and Emir of Jazan Prince Muhammad Bin Nasser have confirmed that the Kingdom’s southern borders are safe and secure and the situation there was peaceful and calm. They said Houthi rebels pose no immediate danger to the Kingdom from the south.Emir of Asir on Sunday inspected the border region from the closest city to Yemen from the south which is Dhahran Al-Janoub.

Yemen’s rapidly unfolding crisis hit a turning point for Saudi Arabia last week once Houthi militants overran the city of Taiz, the country’s third largest, leaving the Shiite group in striking distance to take the southern city of Aden where President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi has taken refuge since being ousted in January.

India will use all its “might” to ban cow slaughter across the country, interior minister Rajnath Singh said in a speech to spiritual leaders, as the Hindu nationalist government moves to fulfil a poll promise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Saudi Arabia stepped up its engagement with the global investor community on Monday with the visit to Dubai and keynote address of Prince Saud Bin Khalid Al-Faisal, Deputy Governor of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), setting out Saudi Arabia’s new strategic direction, investment fast-track program and key sector priorities.In his speech at the fifth Annual Investment Meeting (AIM), Prince Saud honored the event’s patron and host, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, as a visionary man of true leadership who has brought prosperity to his neighbors in the region and beyond.

Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail) kicked off Monday (30 March) the 1st International Conference on Railway Interoperability, Standardization and Harmonization in the Middle East with a vision to develop a coherent, integrated, and competitive rail transport system to serve the region’s economy and society.

Members of the Yemeni community in the US held a demonstration on Monday outside the United Nations headquarters in New York where they voiced their support for a Saudi-led military campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.